personification

Definitions

1. A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
   countable
2. An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human.
   countable
3. The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةالتجسيدتجسيد

Azərbaycan dilitəcəssüm

Българскиолицетворение

Bosanskioličenjepersonifikacijaоличењеперсонификација+ 1 more

Catalàpersonificació

Češtinapersonifikacezosobnění

Danskpersonificering

Ελληνικάπροσωποποίηση

Suomielollistaminenelollistushenkilöintihenkilöitymäolennoitumapersonifikaatiopersonifiointipersonointipersonoituma+ 6 more

Hrvatskioličenjepersonifikacijaоличењеперсонификација+ 1 more

Magyarmegtestesülés

Italianopersonificazione

日本語人格化擬人化権化

한국어사람비김법의인화

Nederlandspersonificatieverpersoonlijking

Polskianimizacjaanimizacyjnyożywieniepersonifikacjauosobieniewcielenie+ 3 more

Portuguêspersonificação

Русскийвоплощениеолицетворениеперсонифика́ция

Српскиoličenjepersonifikacijaоличењеперсонификација+ 1 more

Svenskapersonifieringpersonifikation

ไทยบุคคลวัต

Tagalogpagsasatao

Türkçetecessüm

Українськаперсоніфікація

Tiếng Việthậu thânnhân hoá

Examples

“Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.”

“He might have⟳ sat for a personification of fear: if he moved, he seemed rather afraid of his own⟳ shadow following him too closely; if he laughed, he soon checked himself, quite alarmed at the sound⟳.”

“De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?”

“The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.”

“You might search⟳ in vain if you go looking for personification in his works: his style was very concrete.”

“The writer used personification to convey her ideas.”

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